Ft2 Ft2 Weight Radius

Inside cross- Moment Section OD Transverse

Tubing BWG Wall external internal per ft Tubing of Costant
sectional area, of inertia, modulus, ___ metal area,
OD, in gauge thickness, in surface per ft surface per ft length ID, in gyration, C
in2 in4 in3 ID in2
length length steel, lb in

1/4 22 0.028 0.0295 0.0655 0.0508 .0066 0.194 0.00012 0.00098 0.0792 46 1.289 0.0195
1/4 24 .022 .0333 .0655 .0539 .054 .206 .00011 .00083 .0810 52 1.214 .0159
1/4 26 .018 .0360 .0655 .0560 .045 .214 .00009 .00071 .0824 56 1.168 .0131
1/4 27 .016 .0373 .0655 .0570 .040 .218 .00008 .00064 .0829 58 1.146 .0117

3/8 18 .049 .0603 .0982 .0725 .171 .277 .00068 .0036 .1164 94 1.354 .0502
3/8 20 .035 .0731 .0982 .0798 .127 .305 .00055 .0029 .1213 114 1.233 .0374
3/8 22 .028 .0799 .0982 .0835 .104 .319 .00046 .0025 .1227 125 1.176 .0305
3/8 24 .022 .0860 .0982 .0867 .083 .331 .00038 .0020 .1248 134 1.133 .0244

1/2 16 .065 .1075 .1309 .0969 .302 .370 .0022 .0086 .1556 168 1.351 .0888
1/2 18 .049 .1269 .1309 .1052 .236 .402 .0018 .0072 .1606 198 1.244 .0694
1/2 20 .035 .1452 .1309 .1126 .174 .430 .0014 .0056 .1649 227 1.163 .0511
1/2 22 .028 .1548 .1309 .1162 .141 .444 .0012 .0046 .1671 241 1.126 .0415

5/8 12 .109 .1301 .1636 .1066 .602 .407 .0061 .0197 .1864 203 1.536 .177
5/8 13 .095 .1486 .1636 .1139 .537 .435 .0057 .0183 .1903 232 1.437 .158
5/8 14 .083 .1655 .1636 .1202 .479 .459 .0053 .0170 .1938 258 1.362 .141
5/8 15 .072 .1817 .1636 .1259 .425 .481 .0049 .0156 .1971 283 1.299 .125
5/8 16 .065 .1924 .1636 .1296 .388 .495 .0045 .0145 .1993 300 1.263 .114
5/8 17 .058 .2035 .1636 .1333 .350 .509 .0042 .0134 .2016 317 1.228 .103
5/8 18 .049 .2181 .1636 .1380 .303 .527 .0037 .0118 .2043 340 1.186 .089
5/8 19 .042 .2298 .1636 .1416 .262 .541 .0033 .0105 .2068 358 1.155 .077
5/8 20 .035 .2419 .1636 .1453 .221 .555 .0028 .0091 .2089 377 1.126 .065

3/4 10 .134 .1865 .1963 .1262 .844 .482 .0129 .0344 .2229 285 1.556 .260
3/4 11 .120 .2043 .1963 .1335 .809 .510 .0122 .0326 .2267 319 1.471 .238
3/4 12 .109 .2223 .1963 .1393 .748 .532 .0116 .0309 .2299 347 1.410 .220
3/4 13 .095 .2463 .1963 .1466 .666 .560 .0107 .0285 .2340 384 1.339 .196
3/4 14 .083 .2679 .1963 .1529 .592 .584 .0098 .0262 .2376 418 1.284 .174
3/4 15 .072 .2884 .1963 .1587 .520 .606 .0089 .0238 .2410 450 1.238 .153
3/4 16 .065 .3019 .1963 .1623 .476 .620 .083 .0221 .2433 471 1.210 .140
3/4 17 .058 .3157 .1963 .1660 .428 .634 .0076 .0203 .2455 492 1.183 .126
3/4 18 .049 .3339 .1963 .1707 .367 .652 .0067 .0178 .2484 521 1.150 .108
3/4 20 .035 .3632 .1963 .1780 .269 .680 .0050 .0134 .2532 567 1.103 .079

7/8 10 .134 .2892 .2291 .1589 1.061 .607 .0221 .0505 .2662 451 1.441 .312
7/8 12 .109 .3390 .2291 .1720 .891 .657 .0196 .0449 .2736 529 1.332 .262
7/8 13 .095 .3685 .2291 .1793 .792 .685 .0180 .0411 .2778 575 1.277 .233
7/8 14 .083 .3948 .2291 .1856 .704 .709 .0164 .0374 .2815 616 1.234 .207
7/8 16 .065 .4359 .2291 .1950 .561 .745 .0137 .0312 .2873 680 1.174 .165
7/8 18 .049 .4742 .2291 .2034 .432 .777 .0109 .0249 .2925 740 1.126 .127
7/8 20 .035 .5090 .2291 .2107 .313 .805 .0082 .0187 .2972 749 1.087 .092

1 8 .165 .3526 .2618 .1754 1.462 .670 .0392 .0784 .3009 550 1.493 .430
1 10 .134 .4208 .2618 .1916 1.237 .732 .0350 .0700 .3098 656 1.366 .364
1 11 .120 .4536 .2618 .1990 1.129 .760 .0327 .0654 .3140 708 1.316 .332
1 12 .109 .4803 .2618 .2047 1.037 .782 .0307 .0615 .3174 749 1.279 .305
1 13 .095 .5153 .2618 .2121 .918 .810 .0280 .0559 .3217 804 1.235 .270
1 14 .083 .5463 .2618 .2183 .813 .834 .0253 .0507 .3255 852 1.199 .239
1 15 .072 .5755 .2618 .2241 .714 .856 .0227 .0455 .3291 898 1.167 .210
1 16 .065 .5945 .2618 .2278 .649 .870 .0210 .0419 .3314 927 1.149 .191
1 18 .049 .6390 .2618 .2361 .496 .902 .0166 .0332 .3366 997 1.109 .146
1 20 .035 .6793 .2618 .2435 .360 .930 .0124 .0247 .3414 1060 1.075 .106

1 1/4 7 .180 .6221 .3272 .2330 2.057 .890 .0890 .1425 .3836 970 1.404 .605
 1 1/4 8 .165 .6648 .3272 .2409 1.921 .920 .0847 .1355 .3880 1037 1.359 .565
1 1/4 10 .134 .7574 .3272 .2571 1.598 .982 .0741 .1186 .3974 1182 1.273 .470
1 1/4 11 .120 .8012 .3272 .2644 1.448 1.010 .0688 .1100 .4018 1250 1.238 .426
1 1/4 12 .109 .8365 .3272 .2702 1.329 1.032 .0642 .1027 .4052 1305 1.211 .391
1 1/4 13 .095 .8825 .3272 .2775 1.173 1.060 .0579 .0926 .4097 1377 1.179 .345
1 1/4 14 .083 .9229 .3272 .2838 1.033 1.084 .0521 .0833 .4136 1440 1.153 .304
1 1/4 16 .065 .9852 .3272 .2932 .823 1.120 .0426 .0682 .4196 1537 1.116 .242
1 1/4 18 .049 1.042 .3272 .3016 .629 1.152 .0334 .0534 .4250 1626 1.085 .185
1 1/4 20 .035 1.094 .3272 .3089 .456 1.180 .0247 .0395 .4297 1707 1.059 .134

1 1/2 10 .134 1.192 .3927 .3225 1.955 1.232 .1354 .1806 .4853 1860 1.218 .575
1 1/2 12 .109 1.291 .3927 .3356 1.618 1.282 .1159 .1546 .4933 2014 1.170 .476
1 1/2 14 .083 1.398 .3927 .3492 1.258 1.334 .931 .1241 .5018 2181 1.124 .370
1 1/2 16 .065 1.474 .3927 .3587 .996 1.370 .0756 .1008 .5079 2299 1.095 .293

2 11 .120 2.433 .5236 .4608 2.410 1.760 .3144 .3144 .6660 3795 1.136 .709
2 14 .038 9 .5236 .4801 1.699 1.834 .2300 .2300 .6784 4121 1.090 .500

2 1/2 9 .148 3.815 .6540 .5770 3.719 2.204 .7592 .6074 .8332 5951 1.134 1.094
Weights are based on low-carbon steel with a density of 0.2833 lb/in3. For other metals multiply by the following factors:
Aluminum...........................................0.35 Aluminum brass....................1.06
Titanium..............................................0.58 Nickel-chrome-iron..............1.07
AISI 400 series stainless steels...0.99 Admiralty.................................1.09
AISI 300 series stainless steels...1.92 Nickel and nickel-copper.....1.13
Aluminum bronze..............................1.04 Copper and cupronickels....1.14
Liquid velocity = (lb per tube per h / C x sp gr of liquid) in ft / s [sp gr of water at 16oC (60oF) = 1.0]